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[edit] About the Article"The Bitter Reality of BITS-Pilani,Dubai

Well about the article, i have cited the source article from Gulf News. Actually i want to change the Article's main heading to "The Insight story of BITS-Pilani,Dubai" can you suggest me how to change the story's name?

[edit] SETimes bot

Fixed. --millosh (talk) 02:29, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Grammar

I was trying to put a period in, because one is missing. One of the problems with using multiple nested templates is that it is very difficult to achieve proper grammar for certain conditionals. Here is an example of what is missing: US criticises Turkey for postponing NATO exercise. There is a period missing after "neutrality". Gopher65_talk 15:15, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

• Fixed --Brian McNeil / ^talk 15:50, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] requested articles? no rush for a reply i know your busy take your time. cheers :) and thanks.

hello Brian sorry to take up your time i know your very busy just wanted to ask if you did requested article's and make them into a full article to be published if this is not your bag then thats fine just was wondering because some users on here might help out on the ra's. take your time in answering no rush thanks. 72.73.65.104 (talk) 13:40, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

It's one of those pages I rarely look at. Give it a go yourself, but be careful of sources. I see one recently added that cites two sources which are just different websites with the same AP story. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 13:42, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Ok thanks Brian for replying back to me and i'am not that great at writing articles full length even shorts are difficult for me they take time and effort and patience lol just hard for me to do sometimes but you never know someone might jump on one of the requests? never know cheers :) thank you. 72.73.65.104 (talk) 13:46, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hagiography

I'm sorry, but I still don't understand what you refer to as "Hagiography" in this article here. Why is it not ready to be published? --Rayboy8 (talk) 21:44, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, Wikipedia puts the term more in context, but the specific section is w:Hagiography#Secular_usage. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 22:05, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

I can't understand why this was rejected either. Obviously a funeral is going to have lots of positive comments about the deceased, what else would be in the article? And Wikinews seems to have published similar articles previously. (Don't get me wrong, I don't like hagiographies either, and am disturbed by Wikipedia's embrace of them under the guise of "BLP", but that's another story.) the wub "?!" 13:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

There was not a single critical point in the entire article, or - in fact - in any of the numerous articles on someone who was a former pop star no longer in the public eye. An early article on his death had a hamfisted attempt to include something from one of the UK's tabloid papers, but it would have been quite a bit of work to include this in a reasonable manner; the piece was editorial in nature, condemned Gately for his homosexuality, and implied he died young as a result of this. Wikipedia would throw it out instantly on BLP grounds, but it was a significant criticism - even if only for the near-universal condemnation it brought the publisher. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 14:22, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for your review of the article US free speech lawyer Marc Randazza discusses Glenn Beck parody. Also, thank you for your good copyediting. :) Cheers, Cirt (talk) 11:08, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

You've been spending too much time on Wikipedia recently ;-) It shows in your writing. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 11:12, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Valid point. My apologies. I guess it would help to focus on current events writing, but they pull me back in... :P Cirt (talk) 11:21, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

I was reading the article, going hmmm... interesting ..... *bleep!* another bloody colon! At least it isn't the other extreme that we've all tried to guide DF away from; BREAKING! READ-ALL-ABOUT-IT! Hamster escapes from cage :-P --Brian McNeil / ^talk 11:35, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Heh, true. Well, thanks again. :) Cirt (talk) 11:40, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thank you for reviewing my article IBEX satellite releases first all sky map, and fixing the title! I just have a question (which would be expected with my first article).

I understand that a handbook, or really any book for that matter, is not the best source for news content. The only reason I pulled out that textbook was to review the workings of the Heliosphere. Is that okay for future articles? Also is there a way to cite local newspapers which are printed not published online?

Thanks,

--Marx01 ^{Tell me about it} 01:25, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] VoA bot

• Articles are being imported with Upstyle titles, WN:SG is downstyle - can this be fixed?
  • Heh. I want to add some linguistic tools to the bot, but it is too early for such issues. First of all I would like to recognize country or so. For making them downstyle program would need to know which words should and which shouldn't be with small initial letter. --millosh (talk) 22:30, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
• Items like "Website of the week" are editorial/magazine content. Can these be excluded?
  • May you give to me example? I have to analyze them. --millosh (talk) 22:30, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
• VOA and SETimes seem to sometimes share stories - noted imported dupes today.
  • Hmm... It's hard to do that. However, when I add all VoA news, I think that SETimes will be redundant, so I'll shut down SETimes bot. --millosh (talk) 22:30, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] INDECT article

Hi, just wanted to let you know about my comments at Wikinews:Featured article candidates#Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones and Talk:Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones#Concerns. the wub "?!" 13:36, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Marx

Actually, you have the wrong Marx. Karl Marx is a relative of mine, and I like some of his ideals, although the ways in which they have been implemented has led to unfortunate results. Thanks for the consideration! Happy writing! Marx01 ^{Tell me about it} 00:43, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh, no. It's an old political online joke. "I like to consider myself a Marxist, I find his works reasoned, articulate, and compelling <link to Groucho &c>" --Brian McNeil / ^talk 04:09, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Well now I feel silly. At least now I have two things to laugh at; My own unawareness and the joke! Thank you for clarifying that! Marx01 ^{Tell me about it} 18:56, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Or, "Karl, the never-seen on-screen Marx brother". :-) --Brian McNeil / ^talk 22:24, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Please review

Could you review AFL provides insufficiant support for European leagues: Germany please?--RockerballAustralia (talk) 14:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

I'll look when I'm finished what I'm doing, and you fix the spelling error in the title. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 15:02, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

I fixed the typo. :-) Tempodivalse [talk] 15:09, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Hey, thanks. If you spot another victim-editor, mug them. This is taking a little longer than I expected. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 15:21, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Anonymous users

I have nothing to do with 58.152.195.60 or 72.73.125.14, see [1] --House1630 (talk) 09:31, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

• Responded on talk

We don't invite anons to open an account quite as curtly as that; see {{Howdy-anon}}, and don't subst it. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:22, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I don't give a damn if you're intimately related to those IP addresses or not. Don't use that message. It's borderline rude to someone who prefers not to open an account. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:59, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

--Brian McNeil / ^talk 10:02, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

The question is whether an article of anonymous users may be published, see http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Talk:Hong_Kong_launches_its_first_electric_car. I can only make a proof scientifically or technically, not personally - that means that I don't go to Hongkong to look if it is real. In the meantime this article has been submitted for speedy deletion according to the Criteria for speedy deletion. --House1630 (talk) 10:32, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I have no idea whatsoever why you're harassing me about this. Read the policies, read the links in the welcome template on your user page. You cannot review or publish an article until you are granted the WN:EDITOR privilege. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 10:42, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Please Review

Can you review Wikinews interviews Zahra Stardust about the upcoming by-election in the Bradfield electorate of the Australian parliament --RockerballAustralia (talk) 12:14, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hello BrianMC

hi! I have seen that User:Brian McNeil/Newsroom, you have copied some elements from my newsroom but some of them are wrong. In start a new article remove the parser {{#ifexist:...}} as you don't want the article intro and preload to be my supbages but the standard templates. So, the source change suggested is:

{{#tag:inputbox|
type=create
preload={{#ifexist:User:Srinivas/New page|User:Srinivas/New page|Template:New page}}
editintro={{#ifexist:User:Srinivas/New article intro|User:Srinivas/New article intro|Template:New article intro}}
width=45
}}

{{#tag:inputbox|
type=create
preload=Template:New page
editintro=Template:New article intro
width=45
}}

Srinivas 04:55, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

• jjez! No need to nag about it, it will go eventually. I've been busy on other stuff but got what I thought was the most important change live - the header. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 10:49, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Review

I cannot believe I let something like that go! I was mainly looking in the article for any biased comments and misspellings there. I will make sure that this does not occur in the future. Thank you for catching that! Marx01 ^{Tell me about it} 01:32, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinews turns five COI?

Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm guessing your referring to the video and the last paragraph when you saying there is a COI issue in the above article? As per what I've done in the past I'm going to state my COI - or what i perceive it to be on the articles talk page --RockerballAustralia (talk) 11:01, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Numbers in headlines

I hesitated about writing "twenty" in the Berlin Wall celebrations headline as opposed to 20; in the interest of brevity I put 20 but in the future I will spell out numbers appropriately. Thanks Brian! --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 12:23, 9 November 2009 (UTC)